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Diamine Blue Lightning

This is an excellent blue ink. Perfectly sky blue with enough silver shimmer to show up without overwhelming the color. It's a good balance, I think.

This is also an ink that performs really well in the nibs I've tried it in. Originally it was in a broad stub, but I've also got it in a medium nib right now and there haven't been any issues with it drying up in the feed or anything. That's a common issue with these glittery inks, but I haven't seen it with Blue Lightning.

So, when you're feeling fancy, ink this up and give your writing a subtle silver sparkle.

In the picture below you can just see the line of silver shimmer where the ink was laid down.

Glitter-Shot
While this ink seems to be consistently glittery, the glitter will come out of solution and fall to the bottom of the vessel. It looks right nice. Also: talk about sky blue, huh? Couldn't be more sky blue, now that I look at it.

Copy Paper Test

This is a pretty wide, wet nib so this is pretty solid performance. It's not perfect, but this is more like ghosting than bleed-through.

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Another fine review, Sir. I've only the "Night Sky" of the Diamine Shimmer line and like it a lot, but it has clogged in the pen I've used it in. It's encouraging to know that this attractive ink isn't prone to that. I'll have to give this one a try, though I need another bottle of ink like another hole in my head! Thanks Mike.